THE HILL TIMES, OTTAWA

Political leader and activist the Honourable Monique Bégin is among five outstanding Canadian women who will receive the 2015 Governor General’s Person Case Award this month, one of Canada’s highest awards for women.

THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is appointing the head of his transition team and six other Canadians to the Senate in the first injection of fresh blood to the scandal-plagued institution in three years.

CTV

THE OTTAWA SUN, Ottawa

Wynne was in Ottawa Thursday to speak to Famous 5 Ottawa, an organization named after five trail-blazing women in the 1920s who won rights for women to be involved in politics. (They’re memorialized in a sculpture on Parliament Hill and on the back of the new $50 bill). The Ottawa chapter celebrates “ordinary women doing extraordinary things.”

METRO

The messages being sent by the federal government and the Conservative party that form it may be having a negative impact on the country’s Muslim community, a senior Conservative senator acknowledged Monday.

HUFFINGTON POST

The messages being sent by the federal government and the Conservative party that form it may be having a negative impact on the country’s Muslim community, a senior Conservative senator acknowledged Monday.

OTTAWA CITIZEN, ottawa

For the first time in Canadian history, each of the three main political parties has turned to a woman to run its campaign in this year’s federal election. The development is being heralded as a major step forward for women as they gain a greater role in political backrooms long dominated by men.